Neighbors have to help Giuliana get her wheelchair lift

After learning of the struggle of Maria and Michael Stasinski to put a wheelchair lift in front of their home for their daughter Giuliana, I became appalled.

As a person who has lived with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, a joint disease that affects my feet, knees and right hip which requires me to a walk with two crutches, I know how her parents feel and, yes, although she’s only 4 years old, she knows that outsiders treat her differently.

The lesson learned here is that persons with disabilities are not perfect to the rest of society, which is so sick. It’s not 1955 when disabled children and adults were institutionalized. We live in a country where this young girl’s freedoms are not being met by the establishment. This young girl and her parents will win, because I have just joined their fight and I don’t even know them.

To all board members of the Richmond Mews condominium complex, shame on you.